Subj : 6m To : Andy Ball From : Roy Witt Date : Sun Jan 28 2001 05:16 am Hello Andy. 27 Jan 01 12:32, you wrote to me: RW>> There are FM repeaters on 10m. During a skip cycle, >> it's not unheard of to use them, even though they're a >> thousand miles from nowhere... AB> I think /I'm/ a thousand miles from nowhere! I didn't mean to AB> suggest that FM repeaters /shouldn't/ be used for DX, but I wouldn't AB> want to have to rely on them. Most of us don't. AB> I think CW (and perhaps SSB) is probably better suited to DX. No doubt. But then; working an FM repeater during skip conditions is more rare than any CW or SSB work. AB> Of course, there are satellite FM repeaters that have quite a broad AB> footprint, but they're a special case ;o) Most of those are cross-banded and are very hard to use. I've yet to find one even. .... Keynotes Beat Six Phonetic Imitations... --- Twit(t) Filter v2.1 (C) 2000 * Origin: Kicking Back, Six Paydays Included (1:10/22) .